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r 53rd Year Price 10 Cents Subscribers Recommended To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1220 a-m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A Medford business thrive! on giving free servicei and aidf builders and architects. Its Im portance to this area Is ex plained on page 14 of today's Mail Tribune. RIBUNE United Press full leased Wir United Press Full Leased Wlra 56 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1958 No. 191 4 nr Morse Glaifins Hatfield Save False Evidence Sen. Wayne Morse charged Mark Hatfield here Friday .with giving false evidence in the trial of a civil suit in which the Republican candi date for governor and his mother were co-defendants. "Some years ago," the Democratic tor told an estimated 200 people at a noon-hour meeting in the Es quire theatre, his party's local campaign headquarters, Hat field "killed a precious 7-year- Sorenson Heads Special Gifts Commiilee R. M. Sorenson, assistant manager of the Medford branch, U. S. National Bank, has been named chairman of the special gifts committee of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival's fund raising cam paign. Eugene Thorndike of Med ford will serve as co-chairman of special gifts, group. The committe will include about 20 prominent residents from the Rogue valley when complete, according to Soren son. Sorenson said the commit tee, which he hopes to have in operation by Monday, will make personal calls on indi viduals and firms in this area which might be persuaded to "make larger-than-average contributions toward the new theater building. The campaign for funds for the new building wil open of ficially Wednesday, Nov. 12. Goal for the campaign is $275,000 to build a stage to replace the one torn down after this season's perform ances. The fund raising campaign, centered in the Rogue valley, will extend throughout Ore gon and into regions where Festival patrons live, offi cials said. Siathos Predicts Local GOP Victory Don Stathos, chairman of the Jackson County Republi can party, predicted an over whelming victory for Repub lican candidates in Jackson county at -'a meeting of the executive committee Friday. Stathos said he based his prediction on the wholeheart ed support and teamwork of the precinct workers though out the county. He forecast that Republican candidates would "undoubtedly receive support from the thinking voters of both parties." Another basis for the pre diction, he said, was the fact that Republican party candi dates "have clearly and dis tinctly discussed and defined the isues in question so that they have made their position clear to all voters." Unemployment Tax Is Subject For Roundtable Ken Pickens, accountant at Medford corporation, is sched uled to speak on "The Oregon Unemployment Compensation Tax and Its Effects On Busi ness, before the Jackson County Chamber of Com mence roundtable tomorow, according to Roundtable Chairman Robert Balk. Make Medford Beautiful SPEAKING OF DUMPS-This picture, taken from Barnett rd., shows how rubbish is disposed of at the Jackson county shops. It is part of the Mail Tribune's inventory in connection with the city's "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign. eld girl by negligent driving of an automobile. "Being called as a witness before a jury," Morse con tinued, "Hatfield gave testi mony that the jury rejected and the Oregon supreme court rejected as well." He said Hatfield "cannot be believed under oath as a wit ness." Morse in the course of his speech quoted at length from the supreme court's opinion on the case (173 Oregon page 79). The court affirmed Nov 23, 1943 a $5,000 judgment against the Hatfields in Mari on county circuit court. The case had been appealed on several technical counts, including one that the circuit court judge had failed to in struct the jury properly. (Alice Marie Lane, accord ing to a resume in the opinion, was struck and killed June 10, 1940 on Skyline rd. 4Vi miles south of Salem by a car driv en by Hatfield. (Hatfield was not quite 13 years old at the time. (The defense, in answering an amended complaint in the suit brought by the girl's fami ly, asserted according to the opinion that she was conceal ed in "thick, tall grasses" be side the road until the mo ment she stepped into the car's path. (Hatfield, under cross-examination, was said to have testified he could not see through or over the grass and did not see the girl "at any time." (But, the opinion stated, a photograph "known to this record as defendants' exhibit C" showed the grass was not tall enough to conceal her. ("There is no testimony," the court observed, "sustain ing defendants allegation set forth in their answer to plain tiff's amended complaint. ("We are convinced that this is not a case where the victim darted out from a place of concealment into the path of an oncoming auto mobile.") Morse remarked after fin ishing his quotation that, "In public life your standards can not be too high. "I know what a guilty con science can do to people," he added. The senator related Hat field's alleged false testimony to "evasive language" and "in tellectual dishonesty" which he. said characterized one i of the candidate's campaign bro chures. He charged Hatfield with not taking specific stands, and said he "ducks and dodges" all issues. (Continued on Page 15) Lost Girl Is Found 'Snug As A Bug' in Bed Two-year-old Pamela Kay Gilstrap, who had been play ing outside Saturday morning, disappeared from the yard of her home, 1120 East Jackson blvd. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilstrap, search ed frantically for a time, cruising the neighborhood in the car, and then called "the police. With the search in the hands of the police and her husband, Mrs. Gilstrap wandered back in the house and decided to continue with the washing, which she had started before the baby disappeared. When she lifted the blankets from the bed, there was Pamela, wearing coat, shoes and cap, sound asleep. V MAKES CHARGE-Sen. Wayne Morse addresses 200 people from the stage of the Esquire theatre here Friday, charging Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Hatfield with giving false evidence in a jury trial. In the crook of his left arm he grips 173 Oregon, the volume of state supreme court records from which he supports his charge. IHiatifield, eply immediately Reaction was statewide and immediate to talks made by Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) in Medford Friday and Klam ath Falls Thursday, in which he accused Mark Hatfield of giving false evidence in a case involving the death of a 7-year-old girl 18 years ago. Hatfield himself, the Re publican candidate for gov ernor, was quoted by United Press International, as saying: "The entire case is a matter of public record and the Su preme Court reportsin every law office in the state carry the final chapter in the trag edy. To have it brought up again in an effort to shatter a reputation at this particular time will bring on a recur rence of great grief to all who were involved in the regret table accident 18 years ago. "Those who conspire to profit thereby have my com pasion," Hatfield concluded. In Portland, Lamar Tooze, chairman of the Hatfield for Governor committee, describ ed Morse's charge as a "vici ous and contemptible 11th hour attack ... It is a sad day in Oregon politics. Politics in Oregon have plummeted to a ne low with this degrading, last-ditch effort from the camp of a defeated candi date. In La Grande, ' Marion Weatherford, Republican con gressional candidate, referred Sporls Bulletin: Coos Bay, Ore. Seattle Ramblers trounced South ern Oregon college 16-12, Saturday at the annual Shriners' Myrtle bowl at Coos Bay. SOC led 12-0 at the half lime when the Ramblers turned loose their running and passing attack to come back and win the game. Sen. Lowry Answers My support of the candi dacy of Mark Hatfield for governor and Paul Geddes for congressman is something of which I am proud," State Sen. Philip B. Lowry said Satur day. His statement was issued in response to one made earlier in the week by Demorcatic Party Chairman James Red den, in which Lowry was ac cused of "rabid partisan at tacks" on Democratic candi dates. Lowry's statement contin ued: "Any statements which I have made concerning the rec ord of our present Governor or Congressman have been based on facts. "I emphatically reiterate my former statements, know ing full well that I may be subjected to further vicious, although petty attacks. "No. one, be they a young, impetuous Democratic chair man with his first taste of publicity newspapers, or anyone else is going to pre vent me from speaking the truth. "The local chairman has persistently directed letters to the 'Medford Mail Tribune', and it is remarkable that he has succeeded in having as many words published with out ever discussing facts on the many issues which con front us. "I do' not approve of the Others to Senator Morse as "a hys terical man," and said the talk was "an example of gut ter politics in its extreme." Gov.. Robert D. Holmes, Hatfield's Democratic op ponent, released the follow ing - statement yesterday afternoon: "I want the people of Ore gon to know that I sincere ly regret Sen. Morse's use of a tragic incident in Mark Hatfield's life in the cam paign. Never in my entire career of public service have I used the personal life of an opponent. "Sen. Morse has been campaigning for me and I appreciate his efforts, but I deplore his reference to ' ihiis tragic incident for' all parties involved. I had no knowledge thai he planned to discuss the matter end it came to me as much of a surprise as to other Ore gonians. "I withheld comment briefly so that I might reach Sen. Morse, but he is be tween cities in eastern Ore gon and I have been unable to contact him and feel that my thousands of friends and supporters are entitled to know immediately of my strong feelings against the us of such incidents in a political campaign." In Eugene, Congressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) said, "This matter should not have been introduced into the campaign. He said there are many other .."good reasons" for not voting for Hatfield. Travis Cross, a Hatfield campaign aide, in Salem, said the Ccise in question had prob ably been looked into by oth ers in every political cam paign in the past in which Hatfield has participated. He saif- that to his knowledge no one had ever used it until Morse brought it up last week. intemperate utterance made by the Democratic Chairman last Thursday which the 'Med ford Mail Tribune' gave front page billing The price of tell ing the truth is often personal abuse. 3ut, what is important is that the people know the truth. Unfortunately, there are some in our midst who hope that slanderous state ments will dether others from informing the people of the facts. "Both Congressman Porter and the Democratic chairman seem to have forgotten that I am not their opponent. I am not running for public office, but I am and always will be interested in good govern ment. "I .forgive the Democratic chairman for his intemper ance. But, he should , learn that even a bad case does not jusdtify resorting to the old, discredited legal trick of vat tacking the prosecutor when there is; no defense to the charge. "As our ambitious Demo cratic chairman acquires ma turity Jind judgment, which we all hope for him, he will come to realize that character vilification is a poor substitute for a factually documented record. His performance, un fortunately; is unworthy of the traditions established by many fine Democrats in the past. "It is curious, however, that Medford Area's Halloween Is Fairly Quiet But Some Damaging Vandalism Reported Halloween passed with rela tive quietnes in the Medford area, although a few cases of damaging vandalism were re ported to Medford police.' Earl Fehl, owner of the Fehl building at the corner of Six th and Ivy sts., reported to city police that two outside light fixtures had been torn out, and obscene language was written in soap on the win dows there. He said the van dalism occurred between 11 p. m. Friday and early Sat urday morning. One woman reported to po lice that a backhouse had been left on her front yard, and a couple stop signs were re moved, they said. Most of the windows in downtown Medford were marked with soap and wax, and eggs were thrown at buildings and on sidewalks in several downtown sections. In residential areas, grade school children in Merford collected $248.91 for the United Nations Children's Fund project, sponsored by the Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations asociation. A total of $22 was collected in Gold Hill. About 200 children partici pated in the fund drive. Central Point police report ed nine street signs moved, some garbage cans missing and three incidents of bal loons filled with water being tossed into homes, Three bal loons filled with water were thrown into the Pioneer club Friday night, officers said. Stabbing Victim How In City Jair ,The victim of an apparent stabbing Friday afternoon walked out of the Sacred Heart hospital "Friday night, city police said yesterday. John Norman Pederson, 38, of the Crater hotel, Medford, is now being held in the Med ford city jail on charges of being drunk in public, offi cers said. The wound in Peder son's back was examined be fore he was placed in jail and it seemed all right, an officer said. Hospital attendants called the attending physician when Pederson left and he directed them to call police. Officers picked up Pederson later on the streets. Upon questioning by officers, Pederson said he didn't know what happened Friday and was apparently un conscious when the stabbing occurred. He was found about 12:10 p.m. Friday lying in the city park at the south edge of Medford. He was taken to the police station where examina tion revealed a puncture wound like that made by an ice pick in his back. Redden he is so violent in his reaction to my statement that Mr. Porter's view, that the United States should recongize Red China, is contrary to our best interest. If he were better in formed, he would know that leading Democrats such as Sen. Richard Neuberger and Sen. Paul Douglas are prom inently identified with a com mittee vigorously working to prevent recognition of Red China. "Inquiry should also be made whether the chairman was offended at my statement quoting Mr. Lew Wallace, a respected Democrat, to the effect that he, Mr. Wallace, was amazed that Mr. Holmes had sufficiently fooled enough Democrats to return Mr. Holmes as the Democratic nominee for governor. If so, T call his attention to that direct quotation made by Mr. Wallace which appeared in the May 17 edition of the Portland 'Oregonian'. Is he also offended by my inquiry as to the unexplained $16,000 deficit of Mr. Holmes' primary campaign expenses? f "In the interest of better government, I have invited the Democratic chairman to go over the documented facts with me at any time, in order that he may be better inform ed and better represent his political part y," Lowry's statement concluded. SCTpUL IIS DAMAGED BUS-The picture above shows Hollow rd. Friday afternoon. About 35 damage to the inside of the Griffin Creek children on the bus suffered lacerations and school bus which rolled over on Dark other minor bruises, police said. Football Scores WEST ' Washington 6, Oregon 0 Washington State 38, UC LA 20 Southern California 29, Stanford 6 Oklahoma 23, Colorado 7 Oregon State 14, Califor nia 8 Brigham Young 13,. Utah State 6 San Jose State 41, Ida ho 6 ' Colorado State 57, Mon tana 7 Wyoming 25, Utah 20 NORTHWEST Lewis and Clark 40, Whitman 27 OTI 66, Oregon College 7 Eastern Washington 20, 'Whilworth 7 Willamette 40, Pugei Sound 7 y Central Washington 45, Pacific Lutheran 13 SOUTHWEST ' Southern Methodist - 26, Texas 10 Air Force Academy 33, Oklahoma State 29 Texas Christian 22, Bay lor 0 Arizona 15, West Texas State 8 EAST Syracuse 16. Pittsburgh ' 13 Dartmouth 22, Yale 14 Cornell 25, Columbia 0 Princeton 28. Brown 18 Rutgers 37. Delaware 20 Pennsylvania 19, Har vard 6 Notre Dame" 40, Navy 20 Holy Cross 26, Dayton 0 Army 68, Colgate 6 SOUTH Alabama 12, Georgia 0 Maryland 10. South Caro lina 6 Georgia Tech 10, Duke 8 Kentucky 35, Mississippi State 12 ' Clemson 14, Wake Forest 12 Auburn 6. Florida 5 Virginia Military 33, Vir ginia 0 "Is There a Peace - in fefl Si " ' ' ' ' ' - : !V4 , fife INSPECTS DAMAGE-W. A. McCormick Farm Equipment store on Biddle rd., Medford, inspects damage to the Griffin Creek bus which rolled over Friday afternoon. Fourteen window panes were broken. IKE TO SPEAK IN SEATTLE Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower will address the .foreign ministers of the Colombo plan economic com mitte in Seattle Nov. 10, the White House announced yes terday. ' MIDWEST Wisconsin 9, Michigan Slate 7 Iowa 37, Michigan 14 . Northwestern 21, Ohio Slate 0 Indiana 6, Minnesota 0 Purdue 31. Illinois 8 Iowa State 53, South Da kota 0 Missouri 31, Nebraska 0 - the - Family Prize?" mm CHIUIR Froeber, service manager at Moose Lodge Offers Funds The Medford Moose lodge has offered to contribute do nations from its annual Christ mas Treelift to the purchase of playground equipment for city parks here. In a letter to Medford May or John W Snider dated Oc tober 27, Lodge Governor E Francis Cronin wrote, "We propose to solicit and accept donations solely for play ground equipment for the city parks of Medford . . . believ ing that this project will be timely and in keeping with proposed playground expan sion." . The Christmas Treelift, an annual event of several years' standing, involves the picking up and disposal of Christmas trees on New Year's day. Do nations accepted for this en terprise have in the past been turned over to the March of Dimes, Cronin said. Copies of - Cronin'. letter have reportedly been distrib uted to members of Medford's city council WEATHER FORECAST; Considerable cloud iness today and Monday with . chance of showers Monday; forecast high' today near 65; low Sunday night near 40; high Monday near 55. Highest Satnrday 59 Lowest Saturday 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunset . 5:04 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:47 a.m. The Moon Rises 10:03 p.m. tonight and is seen between Procyon and the Twins. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Orion, in the southeast at mid night. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south west 6:07 p.m. Mars, high in southeast at midnight. IT E-vr One Breaks Leg; Others Suffer Cuts And Bruises Griffin Creek Vehicle Rolls Over Bank About 35 school children suffered lacerations and bruises and one suffered a broken leg when a Griffin Creek school district bus was apparently crowded off Dark Hollow rd, and rolled over about 4 o'clock Friday after noon, state police and county scnooi olficials reported Sat urday. Larry Perkett, 11, a fifth grader at Griffin Creek school, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elza Perkett, route 4, box 385A, Medford, was taken to Sacred Heart hosnital ford Ambulance service with a broken leg and minor bruises, officials said. Jim McDonald. miMii rela tions director in the county scnooi superintendent s office, said about 35 children Cliff or. ed lacerations and minor Druises, as did . the driver, Stephen M. Whipple, 53 of 503 King st., Medford. ' No Serious Injuries McDonald said a telephone contact Saturday , morning with parents of children on the bus at the time indicated that no serious injuries have as yet shown up. State police and McDonald said the accident happened when the bus, which was northbound on Dark Hollow rd., met another vehicle on a section of road about 15 feet wide. Whipple told officials the vehicle crowded the bus, and he pulled the bus as far to the right as he "dared." Rolled Over ' The right front wTiaoI the bus went over an embank ment, Whipple told officials, stopping the forward motion of the bus, causing the bus to roll over. The vehicle rolled over one complete turn and came to rest on its right side. Whipple told official bus was traveling about 15 miles an hour at the time. State police said the ve hicle whichcrowded the bus did not stop. May Be Total Lost Another bus was sent to the scene, and the children were taken home bv the second bus or their parents, McDonald said. The bus, which left tne school at 3:35 on its regular run, may be a total loss, Mc Donald said. The accident occurred about 910 of a mile from the junc tion of Pioneer rd. and Dark Hollow rd., he said. The em bankment McDonald said, is at about an eight-foot incline.- The bus came to rest about 50 feet from where it left Dark Hollow rd., McDonald said. ) McDonald said Saturday county school oficials urged motorists to use extreme cau tion when approaching or overtaking school buses, and reminded residents there are state laws governing the op eration of vehicles in the vi cinity of school buses. ' He pointed out Friday's ac cident was the second in which a school bus has been involved in an accident in two days. Thursday a Medford school district bus was one of three vehicles damaged in an accident on Highway 62 in front, of the Desert Service station. None of the children on the bus at the time, was in jured. Tronsportafon To Polls Offered By Local Lodge The Medford Moose lodge has offered transportation to the polls election day, Tues day, Nov. 4, to any person desiring to vote and needing transportation. Lodge officials said the service is offered regardless of political affiliation. Trans portation may be obtained by telephoning E. Francis Cronin, of the Moose Lodge, at SPring 3-3171 between 9 ajn. and 5 pjn. Tuesday.
